So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.

Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

so that she does not find the level path of life. Her ways are unstable, [and] she does not know.

and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

For the ways of man are before the eyes of LORD, and he makes level all his paths.

thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.

There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:

a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.

For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness.

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.

But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.

Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.

The eyes of LORD are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

Sheol and Abaddon are before LORD. How much more then the hearts of the sons of men!

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Evil devices are an abomination to LORD, but pleasant words [are] pure.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits.

A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from LORD.

There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

A righteous man who walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.

A man's goings are of LORD, how then can man understand his way?

A righteous man considers the house of the wicked: the wicked are overthrown to ruin.

Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.

and by knowledge the chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?

The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field.

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state shall be prolonged.

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.

If a ruler hearkens to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.

When the wicked are increased, transgression increases, but the righteous shall look upon their fall.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough:

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks,

There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.